Device for securing cans



, (N0 Model.)

W. MAGNEECE. DEVICE PoR SEGURING GANS, am.

No. 585,53. Patented June 29,1897.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 58 5,583, dated June 29, 1897..

Application filed February 9, 1897. Serial No. 622,610. (No model.)

T0 all whom it 711/607./ concern:

Be it known that'l, WILLIAM MAoNEncE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Securing Cans or other Vessels, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates' to improvements in devices for securing to a door, for instance, milk-cans or other vessels in such manner that While they may be readily placed on the securing device by any person on the street they can only beremoved therefrom by the operation of certain mechanism by a person on the side of the door opposite to that which carries the can.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which simii lar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure -l is a plan of a millccan and my device for securing the same, the latter being shown in central sectional elevation, part of the door to which it is attached being likewise shown in section; Fig. 2, a side elevation of part of the can and thei securin g device, a part of the door being shown in section; Fig. 8, a perspective View of part of the can, showing means carried thereby for attaching the same to the keeper carried by thedoor; and Fig. 4, a plan of the cap closing the inner end of stem carried by keeper.

A is a milk-can or other vessel, which may be constructed either of metal or glass and which may be cylindrical in form, as shown, or of any other shape.

B is a bevel-slide attached to or forming part of vessel A; C, a notch in slideB; D, a groove extending from the bottom of slide B to a point somewhat short of notch C. The bottoni of this groove is inclined, as shown.

E is a keeper, preferably formed of metal, furnished with a hollow stem F, which is adapted to pass through the door; G, a thread upon the inner end of stern F, adapted to hold a nut Il, which is adapted to bear against the inside of the door to draw the keeper E tightly against its outside.

I are projecting sharppointed lugs carried by and projecting inward from the inner side of keeper E, which are adapted to enter the Wood of the door to prevent the keeper from turning.

J is a bevel-groove formed in keeper E, adapted to receivethe bevel-slide I3, carried by vessel A.

K is a ledge, preferably carried by keeper E, which projects outwardly and against which the bottom of vessel A may rest, as presently described.

L is a bolt placed within stem F; M, a cap covering inner end of stem F; N, a spring surrounding bolt L, one end of which bears against inner side of cap IWI and the other against a shoulder or collar O, formed on or carried by bolt L, which acts to normally force the point of the bolt outward through the face of the keeper E and when the bevel-slide B is in the keeper into notch C.

P is a pin projecting outward from bolt L; R, a knob on the inner end of bolt L, by means of which this bolt may be operated by hand to draw it inward.

S, Figs. l and 4, is an opening in cap M, through which pin P may pass when the bolt is drawn out.

In operating the device the vessel A is lifted so that the under end of slide B may be placed in the upper end of bevel-groove J. The vessel is now lowered and the slide B passes down into groove J and engages and pushes back the bolt L until the notch C comes opposite the bolt, when the bolt, being pushed forward by the springN, enters notch C and prevents any further movement of the vessel until the bolt is withdrawn from the inner side of the door. Then the bolt is withdrawn, the pin P is drawn out through the hole S in cap M, when the bolt may be turned slightly, so that the pin will rest upon the top of cap and prevent the bolt moving outward until the pin is again moved, so that it IOO stood, however, that it may be attached to any other suitable support, a wall or fence, for instance. y

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination with a vessel, of a bevelslide attached thereto and furnished with a notch upon its face7 a keeper furnished with a bevel-groove adapted to receive said slide, a hollow stem formed integrally with and projecting` vertically outward from the rear of said keeper and adapted to pass through a door or Wall, a nut adapted to he screwed on said stein to engage the inner side of the door or Wall to draw said keeper against its outer side, a eap adapted to be screwed on and to close the inner end of said stem, a bolt passin g longitudinally through said stem and cap the outer end of which is adapted t0 engage said notch in said bevel-slide, a spring" within said stein surrounding said bolt one end ot' which hears againsta shoulder or collar on said holt, means whereby said holt may be held in its withdrawn position, and a stop or ledge carried onthe under part of said keeper upon which the bottom of the Vessel may rest When the bolt is in its Withdrawn position.

WILLIAM'MACNEECE.

lVitnesses: p CHARLEs A. BUTTER, CHARLES I-IEIMAN. 

